Lobbying: Influence Inc 2000

PRESTON, GATES ET AL

Among the top lobbying firms, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas is the organization most reliant on its biggest clients and sectors. Preston Gates received over $6 million from the miscellaneous business sector in 1999, the majority of which was income from contracts on behalf of gambling interests. The largest single fee for any lobbying firm was the $3.12 million that Preston Gates received from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, a Native American tribe that operates casinos. Largely because of the Choctaw income, 62.5 percent of Preston Gates’ income is from its top five clients. Preston Gates was able to parlay its gambling and other practices into $11.6 million in lobbying revenues in 1999. Its annual revenues have grown by an average of 10.5 percent since 1997. Preston Gates employed 51 lobbyists in 1999.

Top Clients

Client

Receipts

1

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

$3,120,000

2

Western Pacific Economic Council

$1,800,000

3

Channel One Network

$1,000,000

4

Pitney Bowes Inc

$840,000

5

US Maritime Coalition

$500,000

6

American Classic Voyages Co

$440,000

6

Microsoft Corp

$440,000

8

Future of Puerto Rico Inc

$400,000

9

Primetime 24

$360,000

9

Coalition for Encryption Reform

$360,000

Note: Lobbying figures are for calendar year 1999; campaign contributions figures are for the 1999-2000 election cycle and reflect data released by the Federal Election Commission by April 1, 2001.

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